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Space Act talks are stalling as EU states press the Commission for details and clash with Council lawyers over the legal basis

Finnish satellite manufacturer ReOrbit has closed a €45 million Series A funding round, part of which will be used to expand its manufacturing capacity.

The world order is fracturing and the European Union must turn to outer space in its search for raw materials. In short, it needs to mine the moon. So argues the European Commission in a new report on the key threats to Europe’s security and prosperity, published Tuesday.

Iran says it will orbit four satellites before the end of its current calendar year in mid-March 2026 and begin operations at its new coastal launch site in Chabahar. The plan was outlined by Hassan Salarieh, head of the Iranian Space Agency, who briefed reporters on Sunday.

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic has signed a term sheet with Andøya Space in northern Norway to begin flying its Xodiac test rocket from the island spaceport in 2026.

As a ground-breaking initiative, the new EU Space Act aims to create a new framework for space safety, sustainability and resilience, and promote investment in the sector. The result will be a whole new regime for space in Europe.

The French space agency CNES has signed a €31 million contract with Paris-based startup UNIVITY and telecommunications and broadcasting giant TDF to conduct an in-orbit demonstration of satellite-enabled 5G connectivity.

Bilbao-headquartered IDOM ADA partnered with H&Z Management Consulting to create a strategic roadmap that guides the company’s growth in the space sector.

India unveiled a fully indigenous 32-bit microprocessor - 'Vikram', that has been developed by, and for, the Indian Space Research Organisation - at a semiconductor industry event in Delhi.

The SpaceRISE consortium—made up of Eutelsat, Hispasat, and SES—announced that it had narrowed the field of potential prime contractors to build its 290-satellite IRIS2 secure satcom constellation to two companies: Airbus France, and Aerospacelab in Belgium.

The European Commission has launched a call for studies to examine the potential of a mobile responsive launch system, a capability that would enable the rapid deployment of satellites into orbit from non-permanent (mobile) ground platforms.

Less than three weeks since the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, was launched, this remarkable new satellite has already started transmitting data from two of its cutting-edge instruments, offering a tantalising glimpse of what’s to come.